Combined salt and pepper box



(No Model.)

D. M. KITTLE. COMBINED SALT AND PEPPER BOX.

No. 557,682. Patented Apr. 7, 1896.

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DAVID MACARN KITTLE, OF SYRACUSE, NEV YORK.

COMBINED SALT AND PEPPER BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part .of Letters Patent No. 557,682, dated April7, 1896. Application filed October 31, 1895. Serial No. 567,479. (Nomodel.)

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID MACARN KITTLE, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a CombinedSalt and Pepper Box, of which the following is a specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a partthereof, in which similar letters of reference indicate correspondingparts. I

This invention relates to salt and pepper boxes; and the object thereofis to provide a combined pepper and salt box, either of which may beused, as desired; and with this and other objects in view the inventionconsists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of partshereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawings form'a part, in which Figure 1 is acentral vertical section of my improved pepper and salt box; Fig. 2, aside elevation thereof, and Fig. 3 a plan view thereof.

In the practice of my invention I provide a cylindrical box or casing A,within which is arranged a corresponding cylindrical box or casing B,the inner box or casing B being taller than the outer one and the upperend thereof being provided with a band or ring D, provided at its basewith an outwardly and downwardly directed rim or flange d, the outeredge of which restson top of the outer casing A, and mounted on theupper portion of said outer casing A and resting on an annular head aformed thereon is a band or ring G, the upper end of which is providedwith an annular inwardly-directed flange or rim g, which extends overthe flange or rim a of the ring or band 1), and said ring or band D isfree to revolve within certain limits, as will be hereinafter described,and the ring or band G is held in position by an ordinary bayonetjoint 9I alsoprovide a cap or cover H,

which is provided with a depending rim or flange 71, which surrounds thering or band B and is held in place thereon bya bayonetjoint ha, andbeneath the cap or cover H is a plate K, which is adapted to conformthereto and which is provided with projections 7a,

.which project through corresponding slots formed in the top of the rimor flange h of the cap H, as shown in Fig. 2.

The cap H is perforated, as is also the plate K beneath the same, andthe rim or flange d of the band D is also perforated, and so also is therim or flange gof thering or band G, and the operation will be readilyunderstood from the foregoing description, when taken in connection withthe accompanying drawings.

The annular compartment L is designed to receive salt, and the innercylindrical compartment M is designed to receive pepper, or these usesmay be reversed, if desired; and whenever it is desired to discharge thesalt the cap H is turned, and this operation causes the perforations inthe flange or rim g and in the flange or rim (Z to register, the ring orband D being turned by means of the depending flange or rim 7t of thecap H, and whenever it is desired to discharge the pepper the plate K isturned, by means of the projections it, so that the perforations thereinwill register with the perforations formed in the cap H.

My invention is not limited to the exact form, construction, andarrangement of these parts, and I therefore reserve the right to makeall such alterations therein and modifications thereof as fairly comewithin the scope of the invention.

Having fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. A combined salt and pepper box, composed of anouter cylindrical casing, and an inner cylindrical casing, arrangedtherein, the inner casin g being higher than the outer one, a ring orband mounted on the upper end of the inner casing and provided with aperforated rim or flange which extends outwardly, to the top of theouter casing, a ring or band mounted on the upper part of the outercasing, and provided with a perforated rim or flange, which extendsinwardly to the firstnamed ring or band, a perforated cap provided witha depending flange or rim which is secured to the ring or band mountedon the top of the inner casing, and a perforated plate below saidperforated cap, substantially as shown and described.

2. A combined salt and pepper box, composed of an outer cylindricalcasing, and an inner cylindrical casing, arranged therein, the innercasing being higher than the outer one, a ring or band mounted on theupper end of the inner casing and provided with a perforated rim orflange which extends outwardly, to the top of the outer casing, a ringor band mounted on the upper part of the outer casing, and provided witha perforated rim or flange, which extends inwardly to the firstnamedring or band, a perforated cap provided with a depending flange or rimwhich is secured to the ring or band mounted on the top of the innercasing, and a perforated plate below said perforated cap, and means forturning said perforated plate, so that the perforations therein, and inthe cap will register, substantially as shown and described.

3. A combined salt and pepper box, composed of an outer cylindricalcasing, and an inner cylindrical casing, arranged therein, the innercasing being higher than the outer one, a ring or band mounted on theupper end of the inner casing and provided with a perfo rated ring orflange which extends outwardly, to the top of the outer casing, a ringor band mounted on the upper part of the outer casing, and provided witha perforated rim or flange, which extends inwardly to the firstnamedring or band, a perforated cap provided with a depending flange or rimwhich is secured to the ring or band mounted on the top of the innercasing, and a perforated plate below said perforated cap, and means forturning said perforated plate, so that the perforations therein, and inthe cap will register, and means for turning the ring or band mounted onthe upper end of the inner casing, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 28th day ofOctober, 1895.

DAVID MACARN KITTLE. lVitnesses PATRICK FENNELL, MELVIN S. CROMBIE.

